Thrift-o-rama

About Me

Keeping the family afloat with one hubby's income and one Mom with incurable cancer.

goal for 2019:
Live to see 2020.

Shrink this tumor, beat the odds.

Raise money for cure research.

To do:
1. Binder with all relevant financial info for hubby needs updated
3. finish Book 3 of trilogy
4. Write more books
5. Take kids to Hawaii
6. Raise at least $25,000 for new kidney cancer research

Getting the hang of it...

February 6th, 2011 at 11:56 am

I ventured out once again last night, coupons in hand. I need hair dye. My target price was less than $3. I ended up getting it for 65 cents each for three, after tax, thanks to a Walgreens sale and three $3 off coupons. I did pay $7 out of pocket, but got $5 in Walgreens rewards bucks back, hence 65 cents each.

I also three of my favorite shampoo at Walmart last night. No sale, but cheapest price in town, plus $1 off for each.

And at Kroger, I used a coupon for $1.50 off three gerber graduates, plus a cataline for $1.50, paid $2.31 each before coupon. And at checkout, got two more coupons-- one $1.50 catalina and $1.50 off another three.

My toothpaste stockpile is sufficiently large now,so my plan is only free toothpaste from now on.

Now, I'm trying to build up the food, cereal, body wash, and shampoo stockpiles. Problem is, I only like one shampoo. Is it worth switching it up if it's free?

Right Guard Total Defense body wash $3.99-$3RR = $.99. There should be a $1 off coupon, but I'm not sure which week's paper it was in.

And finally, at Rite Aid, Finesse shampoo / conditioner: 2/$6 - $5 Up reward (like register rewards) = 2/$1. Hubby likes a certain brand of shampoo that I always get him, but I'll get whatever is free or cheap for the kids.

Right Guard Total Defense body wash $3.99-$3RR = $.99. There should be a $1 off coupon, but I'm not sure which week's paper it was in.

You can definitely use the rewards you got today to pay for these others. It's called "rolling" your rewards.

And finally, at Rite Aid, Finesse shampoo / conditioner: 2/$6 - $5 Up reward (like register rewards) = 2/$1. Hubby likes a certain brand of shampoo that I always get him, but I'll get whatever is free or cheap for the kids.

Well, if you get the free shampoo and you don't like it you can always use it as body wash or hand soap at your sink. Soap is soap after all and shampoo cleans your body as well as anything else. (In a pinch, body wash, the plain kind, not the exfoliating kind, works as shampoo, too).

I've been a walgreens shopper for a while, but don't know what Walgreens rewards are? Do you have to sign up for it with a card like the others or is it automatic? Also, good call on the hair dye, I recently decided that paying lots of money for high lights, roots, etc was not in the budget and going back to my regular color will be a lot cheaper! As for the shampoo, Lucky Robin is right. Soap is soap and most are made of the same ingredients.